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Hello everyone!

With 2016 around the corner, I thought it would be a good time to start this thread and continue the 2015 thread into the new year!

Similar threads from the past have been extremely helpful to me (and I'm sure) and many others.

Good luck to everyone taking Step 2 CK in 2016!
 
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CivatteBodies said:
try learning the material well. make sure to learn the content of the questions you get wrong so that you can get the remaining questions with similar topics right. that's how your percentage will go up.
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I agree, if u are still getting in 70% range then u didn't learn it well the first time, you need to take a good luck at why you are still missing these questions and figure out a way to make sure you know that topic and won't miss it again. Keep doing your missed questions over until you don't have anymore
 
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IH8ColdWeath3r said:
For those who took it the 20th, do you think we get our scores back today? I tried searching the 2015 thread but can't find the time that scores are typically released. But yes, I felt terrible after the exam as well. Didn't finish the last 2 Qs on 3 of my blocks and had to hurry and guess, and also, without divulging any test info, I thought that two topics in particular on the test were very difficult. Definitely some WTF moments and felt crushed after. My UWSA was >240. Keeping my fingers crossed.
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Hope you got it bro!
 
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Getting ready to start Step 2 studying, nice to see some familiar names from the ol' step 1 thread around on here. It kind of amazes me how much less anxious I am about step 2 than 1 haha. Hope you're all killing it!
 
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Just took this thing. New format took effect at my Prometric site so I had 1x38 and 7x40. Abstract in the short block. Pretty tough but I thought it was well represented across all disciplines with a few step 1 stuff mixed in.

Here's what I used for 3rd year:
OnlineMedEd and UWorld tutor mode for each rotation and for

IM: Step up to Medicine and MKSAP 5
FM: Case Files, Ambulatory medicine chapter of SUTM, UVa online FM clerkship questions, and free AAFP board review questions
Peds: Case Files and Pre Test
Psych: First Aid for the Psych Clerkship
OBGYN: Case Files and APGO uWISE questions
Neuro: Blueprints and SUTM
Surgery: Pestana's and Surgical recall

Took a laid back rotation and studied for CK for 4 weeks. Skimmed SUTM and FA for Psych. Redid UWorld in tutor mode and used FA Step 1 to review primary immunodeficiencies and biostats. Didn't use FA for CK or MTB.

Step 1 - 261
UW first pass - 83%
UW second pass - 91%
NBME 4 - 267
NBME 6 - 275
NBME 7 - 263
UWSA - 270
Free 120 - 95%

Will update come Sept 14.
 
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dfib slim said:
Just took this thing. New format took effect at my Prometric site so I had 1x38 and 7x40. Abstract in the short block. Pretty tough but I thought it was well represented across all disciplines with a few step 1 stuff mixed in.

Here's what I used for 3rd year:
OnlineMedEd and UWorld tutor mode for each rotation and for

IM: Step up to Medicine and MKSAP 5
FM: Case Files, Ambulatory medicine chapter of SUTM, UVa online FM clerkship questions, and free AAFP board review questions
Peds: Case Files and Pre Test
Psych: First Aid for the Psych Clerkship
OBGYN: Case Files and APGO uWISE questions
Neuro: Blueprints and SUTM
Surgery: Pestana's and Surgical recall

Took a laid back rotation and studied for CK for 4 weeks. Skimmed SUTM and FA for Psych. Redid UWorld in tutor mode and used FA Step 1 to review primary immunodeficiencies and biostats. Didn't use FA for CK or MTB.

Step 1 - 261
UW first pass - 83%
UW second pass - 91%
NBME 4 - 267
NBME 6 - 275
NBME 7 - 263
UWSA - 270
Free 120 - 95%

Will update come Sept 14.
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Good luck. Looks like a probable >270. What did you score on each shelf if you don't mind my asking?
 
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plasmodium said:
Good luck. Looks like a probable >270. What did you score on each shelf if you don't mind my asking?
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I'm a DO student and my school administers the NBOME version of the shelf exams. They are scored different but I got 2-3 SDs above the mean for all of them.
 
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dfib slim said:
Just took this thing. New format took effect at my Prometric site so I had 1x38 and 7x40. Abstract in the short block. Pretty tough but I thought it was well represented across all disciplines with a few step 1 stuff mixed in.

Here's what I used for 3rd year:
OnlineMedEd and UWorld tutor mode for each rotation and for

IM: Step up to Medicine and MKSAP 5
FM: Case Files, Ambulatory medicine chapter of SUTM, UVa online FM clerkship questions, and free AAFP board review questions
Peds: Case Files and Pre Test
Psych: First Aid for the Psych Clerkship
OBGYN: Case Files and APGO uWISE questions
Neuro: Blueprints and SUTM
Surgery: Pestana's and Surgical recall

Took a laid back rotation and studied for CK for 4 weeks. Skimmed SUTM and FA for Psych. Redid UWorld in tutor mode and used FA Step 1 to review primary immunodeficiencies and biostats. Didn't use FA for CK or MTB.

Step 1 - 261
UW first pass - 83%
UW second pass - 91%
NBME 4 - 267
NBME 6 - 275
NBME 7 - 263
UWSA - 270
Free 120 - 95%

Will update come Sept 14.
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did they change the uwsa scoring?

because they did not give > 265 previously...
 
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Background: IMG, very average student, in the lower quarter of medical school.
took ck at the end of may,result in mid june. could not post earlier as i got busy with CS practice,couldnt wait to finish that ****.this forum definitely helped me in getting some confidence and a lot of insight on optimal preparation.
Duration:4 months
CK score:262
step 1 :something similar

Materials used: MTB for CK , Kaplan Pediatrics,Surgery,Ob/Gyn
Uworld:1st pass system wise:75-80%
2nd pass:random :90-95%
Clinical Mastery Series: are helpful
Behavioral, Biostat,Immnology mostly step 1 like.
no practice tests except free 137(?) from usmle software: 93%

Exam experience:Was definitely a race against time.I had my mind prepped that i would not get stuck in any question, would just mark and move on and that was what i did every block ,marked 10-15 questions each block but just had time to review them.yes , made many silly mistakes because of just skimming through questions,but that was how i had practiced ,may not
work for everyone.questions were a mix of straightforward to vague.similarly styled to Uworld but had little clues to answer.
Overall the exam is doable but you wont know have any clue how you performed ,its that vague.
The preparation gets much easier as it transitions from step 1 to ck and then to cs, but the exam itself gets vague and unpredictable.I will update about my CS results , although i have a feeling that my streak of luck might be coming to an end.
 
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Hi friends! I have about 5 days left to study and I have completed Uworld plus redid my wrongs. Anyone here see any benefit to reading Step 2 Secrets or Pestana's over the next few days in addition to some random Uworld? Or is just cramming more Uworld the way to go?
 
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Sea Otter said:
Hi friends! I have about 5 days left to study and I have completed Uworld plus redid my wrongs. Anyone here see any benefit to reading Step 2 Secrets or Pestana's over the next few days in addition to some random Uworld? Or is just cramming more Uworld the way to go?

(I cross-posted this in the sub-reddit but not everyone reads both so I wanted to get the SDN side of things too. Please don't hate me. 🤣)
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Have you done an assessment ? maybe do one and work on the wrong questions and weak topics ... OR PARTY till exam day lol
 
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Sea Otter said:
Hi friends! I have about 5 days left to study and I have completed Uworld plus redid my wrongs. Anyone here see any benefit to reading Step 2 Secrets or Pestana's over the next few days in addition to some random Uworld? Or is just cramming more Uworld the way to go?

(I cross-posted this in the sub-reddit but not everyone reads both so I wanted to get the SDN side of things too. Please don't hate me. 🤣)
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I haven't taken the test and I'm early in third year, but I have heard good things about secrets step 2. If you're struggling to find anything else to do, maybe give it a try. Seems like you've blasted all the Uworld you could have done.
 
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Hey everyone - my test is in 18 days (2.5 weeks). Took NBME 4 yesterday and scored a 240.

For the next 18 days, I was going to do Online Med Ed, finish Uworld by the 28th (1.5 times) and redo all of Uworld (except Peds since I did those questions last). What do you guys think? I am slightly scared I may not be able to go through all of Uworld a second time...but even if I did like 100 questions a day, that's a good chunk of it.

Goal score: 250

Anything I should change? Any advice? I am going into Peds, so not too competitive.
 
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What's a good % right on UW on a first pass? I'm on my second rotation, and I'm not reading any supplemental stuff like Step Up, MTB, etc because I'm just lazy at the moment, and I'm hovering around 70%. Maybe I should read a bit more?
 
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Need advice--I am currently scheduled to take Step 2 ck on August 5, but I did NBME 7 today and did pretty mediocre--235. I have the option to push my exam back until September 9, with dedicated study time with my fourth year flex time. Is this a good idea? My problem is that I can't find the motivation to study--in two weeks I've only done 25% of UW, and am hovering around a 77% correct rate. I really don't want to bomb this exam with a 225, because my Step 1 score was almost ten points below my average nbme score.
 
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SilverCat said:
Need advice--I am currently scheduled to take Step 2 ck on August 5, but I did NBME 7 today and did pretty mediocre--235. I have the option to push my exam back until September 9, with dedicated study time with my fourth year flex time. Is this a good idea? My problem is that I can't find the motivation to study--in two weeks I've only done 25% of UW, and am hovering around a 77% correct rate. I really don't want to bomb this exam with a 225, because my Step 1 score was almost ten points below my average nbme score.
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Word on the street that a Score of 235 on Form 7 is SOLID .. i would keep up with what you been doing and hit the UWSA soon .
 
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SilverCat said:
Need advice--I am currently scheduled to take Step 2 ck on August 5, but I did NBME 7 today and did pretty mediocre--235. I have the option to push my exam back until September 9, with dedicated study time with my fourth year flex time. Is this a good idea? My problem is that I can't find the motivation to study--in two weeks I've only done 25% of UW, and am hovering around a 77% correct rate. I really don't want to bomb this exam with a 225, because my Step 1 score was almost ten points below my average nbme score.
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Form 7 underestimates. Classmate of mine scored around what you did and ended up with a 256.
 
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recycledpaper said:
What's a good % right on UW on a first pass? I'm on my second rotation, and I'm not reading any supplemental stuff like Step Up, MTB, etc because I'm just lazy at the moment, and I'm hovering around 70%. Maybe I should read a bit more?
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What's a good % for what, shelf exams or CK? The answer is always yes, you should read more. UW %s aren't reliable for anything & even if there was any sort of relationship or correlation, it would be highly confounded by the fact that most people do them subject-based by clerkship throughout the year & not timed-random.
 
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thomasina said:
I'm going to get my score back this week and deathly afraid that I did not pass. If I didn't fail any of my shelf exams in M3 and scored around 80th percentile on most of them... should I be okay? I just keep remembering ALL THE MISTAKES I made, and I did blindly guess on 4-6 questions...
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There's nothing we can say. One would assume 80th percentile throughout the year would be good enough to pass CK, but then it'd get pretty awkward if we said so, you felt better about it, then found out you failed. The alternative would be saying, "No, you're not okay." Which do you prefer?
 
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pd1112 said:
What's a good % for what, shelf exams or CK? The answer is always yes, you should read more. UW %s aren't reliable for anything & even if there was any sort of relationship or correlation, it would be highly confounded by the fact that most people do them subject-based by clerkship throughout the year & not timed-random.
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I'm doing UW on time tutor, random, and getting around 70%. But yes, I shall read more.
 
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Anyone else waiting on potentially getting COMLEX scores in the next few days? It's possible I may get my COMLEX and USMLE on the same day because my permit disappeared yesterday, so I know my USMLE is coming Wed.


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pd1112 said:
Do you not have shelf exams? Or you're just doing UW on the side for year-long CK prep & using other resources for shelf prep?
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I do, but they're NBOME shelf exams and graded differently. If it matters I'm getting As, just not sure how to transfer over the % and everything.

I've used Pestana's for gen surg, and bought SUTM for my IM rotation but stopped reading it in lieu of doing more UW.
 
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Test is coming up on Thursday - is there any recommendation as to which NBME is best to do if I only want to do one? Or should I just do the free set of questions? Thanks!
 
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TheFuture_22 said:
Anyone else waiting on potentially getting COMLEX scores in the next few days? It's possible I may get my COMLEX and USMLE on the same day because my permit disappeared yesterday, so I know my USMLE is coming Wed.


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Yes, waiting on both. Took USMLE Jun 27 and COMLEX Jun 29. You?
 
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COMLEX on 27th, USMLE on the 30th. I wish COMLEX would just release on a certain day that way I could just check it on that day like USMLE. Good luck to you!


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took mine today... had a ton of EM/trauma/CC. Lots of pulm too; at least one asthma question on each block. happened to get almost no endocrine and little nephro, my weaknesses. not a single hyponatremia question.

edit- interestingly, I had a few questions that asked about drug and side effect MOA. i.e., patient presentation, sounds like an overdose of drug X, which neurotransmitter was involved? It's reasonable to spend 20 mins going over a chart of major drug classes, particularly in psychiatry, and think a little about what transmitters are responsible for what effects.
 
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QualityProcess said:
took mine today... had a ton of EM/trauma/CC. Lots of pulm too; at least one asthma question on each block. happened to get almost no endocrine and little nephro, my weaknesses. not a single hyponatremia question.
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EM/Trauma/CC answerable from UW knowledge? congrats on being done.
 
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asdfTT123 said:
Test is coming up on Thursday - is there any recommendation as to which NBME is best to do if I only want to do one? Or should I just do the free set of questions? Thanks!
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I would suggest UWSA. It is more accurate than NBMEs for CK. Good luck!
 
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asdfTT123 said:
Already did it haha. Was gonna see if there was a consensus as to which NBME I should do if one is regarded as better than the others.

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I took NBME 4, I didn't think it was bad tbh. I missed 26 questions out of 184, I think. Got a 240. I feel like that's a harsh scale? But who cares. I have heard it was pretty accurate. Thoughts anyone?
 
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dartmed said:
I took NBME 4, I didn't think it was bad tbh. I missed 26 questions out of 184, I think. Got a 240. I feel like that's a harsh scale? But who cares. I have heard it was pretty accurate. Thoughts anyone?
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did 4 and uwsa. I wont get my score for a while but was told by some 260+ folks it's the most accurate
 
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drimo786 said:
EM/Trauma/CC answerable from UW knowledge? congrats on being done.
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that would be the best preparation. There were questions/concepts that felt so familiar but I just didn't "know" what the answer was. Could narrow it down to two and then go with my gut. The important part for questions like these is to ADMIT that you don't know. Pick one, flag, come back later. I just hate admitting that I don't know :laugh:
 
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asdfTT123 said:
Already did it haha. Was gonna see if there was a consensus as to which NBME I should do if one is regarded as better than the others.

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As long as I know, 6 is easier and good to begin with; 7 is Harder and good for middle of preparation to hit you hard; and 4 is the most accurate among NBMEs and good to finish with. so If I were you, I would do NBME 4 at this stage.
 
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Advice needed; my exam is in a month, I'm done w/ Uworld, is it a good idea to buy Kaplan's q-bank and do that plus repeating Uworld ? or should I just repeat Uworld ?
 
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how important is it to do an 8 hr test (2 back to back) before the real deal? I have already taken NBME 4 and 6 and did really bad on 4 (probably anxiety) and really well on 6 but I need to do another one to really know which one was true.. I have NBME 7 and UWSA left so I can either do both back to back on the same day to practice a full length or do 7 end of this week which will give me a chance to do UWSA next week and then final deal the following week... please share your thoughts
 
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in the case of failing step 2 ck, should you get a passing score before submitting eras even if this means you're submitting it after 9/15?
 
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TedStark said:
Took it today, vague as usual. Get ready to fire from the hip and keep moving.
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hmm.. thanks for this. "fire from the hip" I shall.. can't think too much on questions; have to mark and move on.

test in 5 days; these last few days are mehhh..
 
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I took the exam two days ago, it felt a lot tougher than step 1. Felt that most of the questions could have potentially two right answers. Felt like crap during and afterwards... I made many silly mistakes...but what I found surprising, the questions stem weren't that long. I was a little disappointed because my test had so much peds and ob gyn.
 
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